Post * y8Ow — Curious Curator

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TIL that Nintendo Japan liked Nintendo of America’s translation of Animal Crossing so much, they re-translated and released it in Japanese.

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4XO6w TIL since 2015 the Saudi Crown Prince has purchased a $450 million Leonardo da Vinci painting, a $300 million mansion and a $500 million yacht.

GKyJ TIL Brazil and France seriously considered going to war on whether lobsters swam or crawled

4kBjg TIL Microsoft Flight Simulator, a video game, is the longest running Microsoft product predating Microsoft Windows by 3 years.

vdQR TIL that in the rest of the world, a “Yankee” is an American. In America, a “Yankee” is a Northerner. In the North, a “Yankee” is a New Englander. In New England, a “Yankee” is a Vermonter. And in Vermont, a “Yankee” is someone who eats pie for breakfast.

BrE7D TIL the Spongebob producers originally used royalty-free marching music at the end of "Band Geeks," but couldn't find music they liked. They instead used David Glen Eisley's "Sweet Victory." The song went from nearly unknown to selling 300,000 downloads on iTunes within a year of the episode airing.